Horizons LGBTQ Scholarship
Funding Amount
$65,000 total; individual award amounts not specified
Deadline
Deadline not published
Grant Type
Foundation
Deadline history & next window
- Cycle
- Annual
- Tracked since
- April 2026
Source: the cycle recorded on this listing. Confirm dates with the funder.
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Eligible organizations
- LGBTQ students entering higher education
Other requirements
- Must have graduated from a Bay Area high school
- LGBTQ identity has influenced academic goals
- Demonstrated commitment to the LGBTQ community
Overview
An inaugural scholarship program providing financial support to LGBTQ students entering higher education who have graduated from a Bay Area high school.
Geographic Scope: San Francisco Bay Area (CA) — for high school graduates
Eligibility Requirements:
- LGBTQ students entering higher education
- Must have graduated from a Bay Area high school
- LGBTQ identity has influenced academic goals
- Demonstrated commitment to the LGBTQ community
Award Structure:
- Inaugural 2025 awards: $65,000 total to 11 recipients
- Individual award amounts vary
- Financial support to focus on studies, celebrate identity, and advocate for LGBTQ people
Focus Areas:
- Mental health advocacy
- Education
- The arts
- Creating safe spaces
- LGBTQ community advancement
2025 Recipients: 11 scholars attending universities including UC Santa Barbara, UC Davis, UC Santa Cruz, Duke University, University of Illinois, UC Berkeley, Cal Poly Pomona, and Temple University
Organization Information:
Horizons Foundation, 155 Sansome Street, Suite 650, San Francisco, CA 94104
What Horizons Foundation actually gave
Source: IRS Form 990, 2025
- Grants in 2025
- 217
- Total given
- $7.65M
- Median grant
- $20K
- Range
- $5,250–$416K
- By dollars: California 64%, New York 17%, District of Columbia 4%. Top recipient cities: San Francisco, CA; New York, NY; Oakland, CA.
- 68% of grants with a stated purpose were for general or operating support.
- 31% of recipients were new grantees, not repeat recipients.
Example grants
National Center for LGBTQ Rights · San Francisco, CA
Unrestricted
$416K
Sage · New York, NY
Unrestricted
$262K
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California · San Francisco, CA
Unrestricted
$221K
Uhai Eashri USA Inc · Brooklyn, NY
Gfef
$200K
Outright Action International · New York, NY
Unrestricted
$179K
Focus Areas & Funding Uses
Fields of Work
- LGBTQ
- Education
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